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s p 1936- s. s. HAYNES 2,054,080

CONTAINER Filed June 30, 1934 mviryrz V ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 15,1936 PATENT OFFICE CONTAINER Spencer S. Haynes, Brooklyn, N. Y.,assignor to American Can Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of NewJersey Application June 30, 1934, Serial No. 733,313

2 Claims. (CL 208-16) The present invention relates to containers forflexible safety razor blades and has particular reference to suchcontainers in which means are provided for disposal of the used blades.

An object of the invention is the provision of a container for safetyrazor blades which is divided into compartments,- accessibility to oneof which is possible only by means of an aperture through which bladesmay be inserted into the compartment when flexed and from which theirescape is prevented by the shape of the aperture.

Another object is the provision of an inexpensive container which isadapted to hold a supply of unused blades, which at the same timeprovides a place of disposal for used blades and which may be readilydiscarded after use without danger of the used blades becoming separatedfrom the container and causing damage.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparentas it is better understood from the following description, which,

taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, discloses a preferredembodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a partially open container embodyingthe instant invention, parts being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a partition utilized in the containershown in Fig. 1;

Fig.5; is an enlarged front view of the contai ner'with parts brokenaway and shown in section and illustrating a blade being inserted intothe container, part of the blade also being broken back and shown insection; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 4-6 inFig. 3.

As a preferred embodiment of the invention the drawing illustrates acontainer or package merges into vertical and parallel side walls I 5and similarly disposed end walls I6. The top of the body is open.

The cover I2 is utilized to close the open top of the container and ispreferably hinged to one side of the body II. For this purpose the coveris formedwith a depending skirt I8 which overhangs the body adjacent itsside and end walls when the coveris closed. One longitudinal side of.the skirt is notched out to provide a hinge is bent inwardly orrecessed at 22 to permit free movement of the hinge lug I9.

The front longitudinal edge of the cover skirt is formed with anindentation 23 which cooperates with a raised button 24 embossed on the5 front body side wall I5, the button snapping into the indentation tohold the cover in place when it is in closed position.

The interior of the body is divided into two compartments by a partition26 (Fig. 2). The 0 partition is the same, shape as the body and isformed with a partially curled 'edge 21 providing a peripheral flangewhich tightly fits within the body and frictionally engages its side andend walls. The curled edge is cut away at 28 to lit 15 around therecessed wall 22.

The partition is rigidly supported on indentations or projections 3!(Fig. 4) which project into the body interior. There are four of theseindentations, one in the front side wall I5, one in 20 the back recessedwall 22, and two in one of the end walls It. These indentationsdefinitely locate the partition in a horizontal position so that thebody interior is divided into an upper compartment 33 and a lowercompartment 34.

The upper compartment is utilized for a supply of unused blades 35 whichmay be stacked within the compartment and to which free access may behad at will by opening the cover I2. The lower compartment 34 isutilized for used blades 30 36. This compartment is entirely closedbeing bounded by the body bottom I4, the partition 26 and side and endwalls I5, I 6.

As a means of introducing blades into the lower compartment, a curvedslot 38 is formed in the 35 body end wall 96 opposite the end wallhaving the indentations 30. Through this slot the used blades areinserted as they pass into the compartment. The shape of the slotrequires the blade 36 to be flexed transversely while passing 40 throughit. After insertion the blade springs back to its original flat form andis thereby held cap tive within the compartment.

In this manner the used blades may be kept separate from the unusedblades while the container is in use or as long as there are unusedblades. When these are exhausted the container is or may be discardedwithout danger of the used blades becoming separated from theirconfining compartment.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantageswill be understood from the foregoing description, and it will beapparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction andarrangement of the parts with- 55 out departing from the spirit andscope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material ad-' vantages,the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodimentthereof.

I claim:

i. A container for safety razor blades having a hinged cover and apartition member dividing the container body into an upper compartmentfor fresh blades and a lower compartment for used blades, said partitionmember having an integral peripheral flange frictionally engaging theside and end walls of the container to maintain said partition member inadjusted position, and an arcuate slot, in a vertical wall of thecontainer communicating with the interior of the latter beneath saidpartition member, said arcuate slot permitting flexed used blades to beinserted therein and preventing subsequent escape of the insertednon-flexed used blades.

2. A container for safety razor blades having a hinged cover and apartition member dividing the container body into an upper compartmentfor fresh blades and a lower compartment for

